US20130130726A1 - Method for sharing terminal location and terminal device - Google Patents

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US20130130726A1
US20130130726A1 US13/723,790 US201213723790A US2013130726A1 US 20130130726 A1 US20130130726 A1 US 20130130726A1 US 201213723790 A US201213723790 A US 201213723790A US 2013130726 A1 US2013130726 A1 US 2013130726A1
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  • Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of electronic communication, and in particular, to a method for sharing a terminal location and a terminal device.
  • a user When using a mobile terminal, a user usually calls to ask questions to inquire a specific location, such as “Where are you?” and “Where do we meet?” Generally, some specific locations cannot be described clearly in language, and especially, when the user is in an unfamiliar environment, a situation of a location is hard to be described through only voice communication.
  • the inventor finds that the prior art at least has the following problem: In the prior art, a single communication manner exists between terminals, and communication efficiency between terminal users is low.
  • One aspect of embodiments of the present invention provides a method for sharing a terminal location, and the other aspect provides a terminal device, which can solve a problem of a single communication manner between terminals, and implement a new communication manner between the terminals, thereby implementing location sharing between the terminals, and improving communication efficiency between terminal users.
  • a method for sharing a terminal location includes: displaying, by a first terminal, a location of the first terminal and a location of a second terminal on a map of the first terminal in real time; determining, by the first terminal, a candidate location; and displaying, by the first terminal, the candidate location on the map of the first terminal, and notifying the second terminal of the candidate location, so that the candidate location is also displayed on a map of the second terminal, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal.
  • Another method for sharing a terminal location includes: displaying, by a second terminal, a location of a first terminal and a location of the second terminal on a map of the second terminal in real time; receiving, by the second terminal, a candidate location sent by the first terminal; displaying, by the second terminal, the candidate location on the map of the second terminal, and modifying the candidate location; and sending, by the second terminal, the modified candidate location to the first terminal, so that the modified candidate location is also displayed on a map of the first terminal.
  • a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: a map module, configured to display a location of the terminal device and a location of a second terminal on a map of the terminal device in real time, and display a candidate location on the map of the terminal device; a determining module, configured to determine the candidate location, and notify the map module of the candidate location; and a first sending module, configured to notify the second terminal of the candidate location, so that the candidate location is also displayed on a map of the second terminal, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal.
  • a map module configured to display a location of the terminal device and a location of a second terminal on a map of the terminal device in real time, and display a candidate location on the map of the terminal device
  • a determining module configured to determine the candidate location, and notify the map module of the candidate location
  • a first sending module configured to notify the second terminal of the candidate location, so that the candidate location is also displayed on a map of the second terminal, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal.
  • Another terminal device includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a candidate location sent by a first terminal; a map module, configured to display a location of the first terminal and a location of the terminal device on a map of the terminal device in real time, and display the candidate location or a modified candidate location on the map of the terminal device; a modifying module, configured to modify the candidate location, and notify the map module of the modified candidate location; and a sending module, configured to send the modified candidate location to the first terminal, so that the modified candidate location is also displayed on a map of the first terminal.
  • the first terminal determines the candidate location, and notifies the second terminal of the candidate location
  • the first terminal and the second terminal display the location of the first terminal, the location of the second terminal and the candidate location synchronously on their respective maps, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal.
  • the modified candidate location can be synchronously displayed on the respective maps of the first terminal and the second terminal, thereby providing an intercommunication manner of synchronously displaying an editable location on multiple terminals, implementing sharing of an agreed candidate location between the terminals, increasing the communication efficiency between the terminal users, and facilitating negotiation and determination of the terminal users for a meeting site.
  • FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for sharing a terminal location according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are a flowchart of another method for sharing a terminal location according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B are a flowchart of another method for sharing a terminal location according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for sharing a terminal location, and the method may include the following steps:
  • Step 11 A first terminal activates a map, and displays a location of the first terminal and a location of a second terminal on the map of the first terminal in real time.
  • the first terminal may also display a path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal on the map of the first terminal, that is, after the first terminal activates the map, the first terminal may display, on the map of the first terminal, the location of the first terminal, the location of the second terminal, and the path between the two locations.
  • the first terminal may determine the location of the first terminal through one of or a combination of GPS locating, WiFi locating and base station locating.
  • the first terminal receives the location which is of the second terminal and sent by the second terminal or a server, and the location of the second terminal may be determined by one of or a combination of GPS locating, WiFi locating and base station locating.
  • the location of the first terminal, the location of the second terminal and a candidate location that is in a subsequent step may be sent through various communication connections, for example, the first terminal carries one or more of the foregoing location information in a short message, a multimedia message, signaling, an e-mail, or a data packet, and send the short message, the multimedia message, the signaling, the e-mail, or the data packet to the second terminal through a wireless telephone network, a WiFi connection or a Bluetooth connection.
  • Step 13 The first terminal determines a candidate location; where the candidate location is an agreed location for a user of the first terminal to meet a user of the second terminal, and the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal are used to provide reference for determining the candidate location.
  • the determining, by the first terminal, the candidate location may include: receiving, by the first terminal, a coordinate point input by the user, and using the coordinate point input by the user as the candidate location, where the coordinate point includes a geographic coordinate value input by the user or a point selected by the user on the map; or, automatically selecting, by the first terminal, a location point on the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal, and using the automatically selected location point as the candidate location, where the location point includes a middle point of the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal or any point of the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal.
  • the user when the user inputs the coordinate point as the candidate location determined by the first terminal, the user may refer to the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal to select the coordinate point, so that when the first terminal determines the candidate location by using an input of the user, the first terminal refers to the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal.
  • the first terminal may further obtain the location point through a path calculation, for example, determining, according to moving speeds of the first terminal and the second terminal, a meeting point of the first terminal and the second terminal when moving along the path in the current speeds as the location point.
  • the first terminal may further automatically select a point where a landmark on the path is located as the location point, for example, selecting a point where a bus station, a certain building, or a certain shopping mall is located as the location point.
  • Step 15 The first terminal displays the candidate location on the map of the first terminal.
  • the method for sharing a terminal location may further include step 16 , which is that: on the map of the first terminal, displaying a first path using the location of the first terminal as a starting point and the candidate location as an ending point; or, on the map of the first terminal, displaying a first path using the location of the first terminal as a starting point and the candidate location as an ending point and a second path using the location of the second terminal as a starting point and the candidate location as an ending point; or, on the map of the first terminal, displaying a third path using the location of the first terminal as a starting point, the location of the second terminal as an ending point, and passing through the candidate location.
  • the first terminal may continue guiding the user to proceed towards the location of the second terminal, and in this way, efficiency of navigation is improved and an operation is simplified, thereby avoiding a problem that after the user of the first terminal first arrives at the candidate location, the ending point of the path needs to be modified to perform the navigation again.
  • step 11 after the first terminal activates the map, the first terminal further displays the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal on the map of the first terminal, and therefore correspondingly in step 16 , the displaying, on the map of the first terminal, the third path using the location of the first terminal as the starting point, the location of the second terminal as the ending point, and passing through the candidate location may specifically include: if the path which is between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal and displayed in step 11 does not pass through the candidate location, adjusting the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal, so that the adjusted path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal (that is, the third path) passes through the candidate location, and displaying, on the map of the first terminal, the adjusted path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal; or, if the path which is between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal and displayed in step 11 passes through the candidate location, not adjusting
  • the first terminal automatically performs a path calculation and adjusts the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal, and it may also be that the first terminal performs a path calculation and adjusts the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal according to an operation instruction of the user, which is not limited.
  • Step 17 The first terminal notifies the second terminal of the candidate location, so that the candidate location is also display on a map of the second terminal, and the candidate location may be modified by the second terminal.
  • step 15 and step 16 may be executed first and then step 17 is executed, or step 17 may be executed first and then step 15 and step 16 are executed, or step 16 and step 15 may be executed first and then step 17 is executed, or step 15 , step 16 and step 17 may also be executed at the same time.
  • the method for sharing a terminal location may further include step 18 , which is that: receiving, by the first terminal, information returned by the second terminal, and judging a type of the information returned by the second terminal, if the information returned by the second terminal is an acknowledgment message returned by the second terminal, executing step 19 , or, if the information returned by the second terminal is a modified candidate location returned by the second terminal, executing step 20 ; step 19 , which is that: setting, by the first terminal, the candidate location to a destination address to perform path navigation; and step 20 , which is that: displaying, by the first terminal, the modified candidate location on the map of the first terminal.
  • the acknowledgment message returned by the second terminal indicates that the second terminal accepts the candidate location, and does not modify the candidate location any more.
  • the method for sharing a terminal location may further include step 21 , which is that: sending, by the first terminal, a acknowledgment message to the second terminal, where the acknowledgment message sent by the first terminal to the second terminal indicates that the first terminal accepts the modified candidate location, and does not modify the modified candidate location any more; after step 21 is executed, step 19 may be further executed, where the first terminal sets the modified candidate location to a destination address to perform path navigation. It should be noted that, the first terminal and the second terminal may modify the candidate location once or several times, which is not limited here.
  • the specific example that the first terminal sets the candidate location and the second terminal modifies the candidate location once is only provided as an example, and in another embodiment, after the second terminal modifies the candidate location, the first terminal may also modify the candidate location once more, and the operation may be repeated once or several times until the first terminal and the second terminal come to an agreement.
  • the method for sharing a terminal location may further include step 10 , which is that: establishing a telephone connection between the first terminal and the second terminal through a wireless communication network, and performing a voice call or a video call; where a voice call interface of the first terminal includes a button for activating the map of the first terminal,
  • the wireless communication network may be a wireless telephone network, such as a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications, global system for mobile communications) network, a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access, code division multiple access) network, a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, wideband code division multiple access) network, a TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access, time division-synchronous code division multiple access) network, and a CDMA2000 (Code Division Multiple Access 2000) network.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile communications, global system for mobile communications
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access, code division multiple access
  • WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, wideband code division multiple access
  • TD-SCDMA Time
  • the first terminal executes step 11 .
  • the button for activating the map of the first terminal may be: a virtual button on the voice call interface of the first terminal, or a physical button corresponding to a certain functional key on the voice call interface of the first terminal, which is not limited here.
  • the first terminal may also automatically switch to a hands-free mode to perform the voice call by using a loudspeaker, thereby facilitating the user of the first terminal to perform the voice call or the video call at the same time when the first terminal executes subsequent steps.
  • the method for sharing a terminal location may further include step 22 , which is that: disconnecting, by the first terminal, the telephone connection with the second terminal.
  • the disconnecting, by the first terminal, the telephone connection with the second terminal may include: according to an operation of the user, disconnecting, by the first terminal, the telephone connection with the second terminal and established through the wireless communication network; or, when the first terminal starts the path navigation, automatically disconnecting, by the first terminal, the telephone connection which is with the second terminal and established through the wireless communication network.
  • the first terminal determines the candidate location, and notifies the second terminal of the candidate location, the first terminal and the second terminal display the location of the first terminal, the location of the second terminal and the candidate location synchronously on their respective maps, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal.
  • the modified candidate location can be synchronously displayed on the respective maps of the first terminal and the second terminal, thereby providing an intercommunication manner of synchronously displaying an editable location on multiple terminals, implementing sharing of an agreed candidate location between terminals, increasing communication efficiency between terminal users, and facilitating negotiation and determination of the terminal users for a meeting site.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for sharing a terminal location, and the method may include the following steps:
  • Step 201 Establish a telephone connection between a first terminal and a second terminal through a wireless communication network, and perform a voice call or a video call; where a voice call interface of the first terminal includes a button for activating a map of the first terminal, and a voice call interface of the second terminal includes a button for activating a map of the second terminal.
  • the button for activating the map may be: a virtual button on the voice call interface, or a physical button corresponding to a certain functional key on the voice call interface, which is not limited here.
  • Step 202 When a user of the first terminal clicks the button for activating the map of the first terminal, the first terminal activates the map of the first terminal, and shares a location of the first terminal with the second terminal.
  • the sharing, by the first terminal, the location of the first terminal with the second terminal may be: obtaining, by the first terminal, the location of the first terminal by one of or a combination of GPS locating, WiFi locating and base station locating, and then, sending, by the first terminal, the location of the first terminal directly to the second terminal; or, obtaining, by a server at a network side, the location of the first terminal by one of or a combination of GPS locating, WiFi locating and base station locating, and then, according to a notification of the first terminal, after the user of first terminal agrees to share the location of the first terminal, sending, by the server, the location of the first terminal to the second terminal.
  • the first terminal may share the location of the first terminal with the second terminal before activating the map of the first terminal, and may also share the location of the first terminal with the second terminal after activating the map of the first terminal, which is not limited here.
  • Step 203 When a user of the second terminal clicks the button for activating the map of the second terminal, the second terminal activates the map of the second terminal, and obtains the location of the first terminal.
  • the obtaining, by the second terminal, the location of the first terminal may be: receiving, by the second terminal, the location which is of the first terminal and directly sent by the first terminal; or, receiving, by the second terminal, the location which is of the first terminal and sent by the server at the network side.
  • the second terminal may obtain the location of the first terminal before activating the map of the second terminal, and may also obtain the location of the first terminal after activating the map of the second terminal, which is not limited here.
  • Step 204 The second terminal shares a location of the second terminal with the first terminal.
  • the sharing, by the second terminal, the location of the second terminal with the first terminal may include: after the second terminal activates the map of the second terminal and/or obtains the location of the first terminal, sending, by the second terminal, the location of the second terminal to the first terminal directly or notifying the server that the server should send the location of the second terminal to the first terminal; or, after the second terminal receives an instruction that the user agrees to share the location of the second terminal, sending, by the second terminal, the location of the second terminal to the first terminal directly or notifying the server that the server should send the location of the second terminal to the first terminal.
  • the user of the second terminal may exercise control over whether to share the location of the second terminal, thereby ensuring confidentiality and security of data of the user of the second terminal.
  • step 202 execution of step 202 , step 203 and step 204 are independent to each other, and their sequence is not limited.
  • step 204 is set behind step 202 and step 203 only as an example, which is not used as a limitation on the sequence of the steps.
  • Step 205 The first terminal and the second terminal display, on their respective maps, the location of the first terminal, the location of the second terminal, and a path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal in real time.
  • the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal may be calculated through a navigation algorithm in the map, and reference may be made to the prior art for details, which are not repeatedly described here.
  • Step 206 The first terminal selects a location point on the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal as a candidate location, and displays the candidate location on the map of the first terminal.
  • step 13 there are several manners for determining the candidate location, and for details, reference may be made to the related description of step 13 in the embodiment.
  • Step 207 The first terminal modifies the candidate location according to an operation of the user of the first terminal on the candidate location, and according to the modified candidate location, adjusts the path which is between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal and displayed on the map of the first terminal, so that the adjusted path passes through the modified candidate location.
  • the modifying, by the first terminal, the candidate location according to the operation of the user of the first terminal on the candidate location may include: dragging, by the user of the first terminal and on a touch screen, an identification of the candidate location displayed on the map of the first terminal, and using a location of the identification of the candidate location when the dragging stops as the modified candidate location; or, moving, by the user of the first terminal and through a button, an identification of the candidate location displayed on the map of the first terminal, and using a location of the identification of the candidate location when the moving stops as the modified candidate location; or, inputting, by the user of the first terminal, a new coordinate point through clicking a touch screen or using a keyboard, and using the new coordinate point as the modified candidate location.
  • the path when the path which is between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal and displayed on the map of the first terminal is adjusted according to the modified candidate location, the path may be adjusted in real time according to a modification on the candidate location, and the path may also be adjusted according to a final candidate location after the modification on the candidate location is completed.
  • Step 208 The first terminal sends the modified candidate location to the second terminal.
  • a manner for the first terminal to send the modified candidate location may include: sending, by the first terminal, the modified candidate location directly through a communication connection with the second terminal, or, sending, by the first terminal, the modified candidate location to the server at the network side, and forwarding, by the server at the network side, the modified candidate location to the second terminal.
  • sending, by the first terminal, the modified candidate location directly through the communication connection with the second terminal reference may be made to the related description in Embodiment 1, and details are not repeatedly described herein.
  • step 207 is an optional step; when the user does not modify the candidate location, for example, the user directly clicks a Confirm key after step 206 to send the candidate location, step 207 may not be executed, and in this case, in step 208 , a location point that is selected by the first terminal on the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal is directly used as the candidate location and sent to the second terminal, and then the second terminal uses the candidate location automatically selected by the first terminal to perform subsequent operations.
  • Step 209 The second terminal receives the modified candidate location sent by the first terminal, and according to the modified candidate location, adjusts the path which is between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal and displayed on the map of the second terminal, so that the adjusted path passes through the modified candidate location.
  • step 209 For an implementation manner for adjusting the path according to the modified candidate location in step 209 , reference may be made to the corresponding content of step 207 , and details are not repeatedly described here.
  • Step 210 The second terminal modifies the candidate location according to an operation of the user of the second terminal on the candidate location, and according to the candidate location modified by the second terminal, adjusts the path which is between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal and displayed on the map of the second terminal, so that the adjusted path passes through the candidate location modified by the second terminal.
  • step 210 An implementation manner of step 210 is similar to that of step 207 , and is not repeatedly described here.
  • Step 211 The second terminal sends the candidate location modified by the second terminal to the first terminal.
  • step 211 An implementation manner of step 211 is similar to that of step 208 , and is not repeatedly described here.
  • Step 212 The first terminal receives the candidate location which is modified by the second terminal and sent by the second terminal, and according to the candidate location modified by the second terminal, adjusts the path which is between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal and displayed on the map of the first terminal, so that the adjusted path passes through the candidate location modified by the second terminal.
  • step 212 is similar to that of step 209 , and is not repeatedly described here.
  • Step 213 The first terminal sends an acknowledgment message to the second terminal, where the acknowledgment message sent by the first terminal to the second terminal indicates that the first terminal accepts the candidate location modified by the second terminal, and does not modify the candidate location modified by the second terminal any more.
  • Step 214 The first terminal and the second terminal perform path navigation separately by using their respective locations as a starting point and using the candidate location modified by the second terminal as an ending point, and indicate their respective users to proceed towards the candidate location modified by the second terminal.
  • step 210 to step 214 may be replaced with step 215 , which is that: returning, by the second terminal, an acknowledgment message to the first terminal, where the acknowledgment message returned by the second terminal indicates that the second terminal accepts the candidate location sent by the first terminal, and does not modify the candidate location any more; and step 216 , which is that: performing, by the first terminal and the second terminal, path navigation separately by using their respective locations as a starting point and using the candidate location sent by the first terminal as an ending point, and indicating their respective users to proceed towards the candidate location sent by the first terminal.
  • step 215 is that: returning, by the second terminal, an acknowledgment message to the first terminal, where the acknowledgment message returned by the second terminal indicates that the second terminal accepts the candidate location sent by the first terminal, and does not modify the candidate location any more
  • step 216 which is that: performing, by the first terminal and the second terminal, path navigation separately by using their respective locations as a starting point and using the candidate location sent by the first terminal as an ending point, and indicating their respective users to proceed
  • step 207 is also an optional step, and the candidate location sent by the first terminal may include: the modified candidate location sent by the first terminal, or, the candidate location which is selected by the first terminal on the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal and sent by the first terminal.
  • the method for sharing a terminal location may further include: according to an operation of the user, disconnecting, by the first terminal, the telephone connection established with the second terminal through the wireless communication network; or, when the first terminal and the second terminal start the path navigation, automatically disconnecting, by the first terminal, the telephone connection established with the second terminal through the wireless communication network.
  • the first terminal may automatically switch to a hands-free mode to perform the voice call by using a loudspeaker, thereby facilitating the user of the first terminal to perform the voice call or the video call at the same time when the first terminal executes step 201 to step 214 (as shown in FIG. 2 ) or executes step 201 to step 215 (as shown in FIG. 3 ).
  • the second terminal may also automatically switch to a hands-free mode to perform the voice call by using a loudspeaker, thereby facilitating the user of the second terminal to perform the voice call or the video call at the same time when the second terminal executes subsequent steps.
  • the first terminal determines the candidate location, and notifies the second terminal of the candidate location, the first terminal and the second terminal display the location of the first terminal, the location of the second terminal and the candidate location synchronously on their respective maps, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal.
  • the modified candidate location can be synchronously displayed on the respective maps of the first terminal and the second terminal, thereby providing an intercommunication manner of synchronously displaying an editable location on multiple terminals, implementing sharing of an agreed candidate location between terminals, increasing communication efficiency between terminal users, and facilitating negotiation and determination of the terminal users for a meeting site.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a communication system, including: a wireless communication network 40 , a first terminal 50 , and a second terminal 60 ; where a telephone connection may be established between the first terminal 50 and the second terminal 60 through the wireless communication network 40 , and a voice call or a video call is performed.
  • data transmission may also be performed between the first terminal 50 and the second terminal 60 through the wireless communication network 40 or another network.
  • FIG. 5 provides a structural block diagram of the first terminal 50 as an example, and the first terminal 50 includes the following modules:
  • a first map module 51 configured to display a location of the first terminal and a location of the second terminal on a map of the first terminal in real time; and display a candidate location on the map of the first terminal;
  • a determining module 52 configured to determine the candidate location, and notify the first map module of the candidate location
  • a first sending module 53 configured to notify the second terminal of the candidate location determined by the determining module 52 , so that the candidate location is also displayed on a map of the second terminal, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal.
  • the first terminal 50 may further include: a first call module 54 and a first activating module 57 .
  • the first call module 54 is configured to establish the telephone connection between the first terminal and the second terminal through the wireless communication network, and perform the voice call or the video call; and/or, disconnect the telephone connection between the first terminal and the second terminal; where a voice call interface of the first terminal includes a button for activating the map of the first terminal.
  • the first activating module 57 is configured to, when a user of the first terminal clicks the button for activating the map of the first terminal, activate the map of the first terminal.
  • the first map module 51 is further configured to: on the map of the first terminal, display a path from the location of the first terminal to the candidate location; or, on the map of the first terminal, display a path from the location of the first terminal to the candidate location, and a path from the location of the second terminal to the candidate location; or, on the map of the first terminal, display a path from the location of the first terminal to the location of the second terminal.
  • the first map module 51 is further configured to: on the map of the first terminal, display a path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal; and if the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal does not pass through the candidate location, adjust the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal, so that the adjusted path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal passes through the candidate location.
  • the determining module 52 includes: a manual selecting unit 521 , configured to receive a coordinate point input by the user, and use the coordinate point input by the user as the candidate location, where the coordinate point includes a geographic coordinate value input by the user or a point selected by the user on the map; and/or, an automatic selecting unit 522 , configured to select a location point on the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal, where the location point includes a middle point of the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal, or any point of the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal, or a meeting point which is determined according to moving speeds of the first terminal and the second terminal and of the first terminal and the second terminal when moving in the current speeds.
  • a manual selecting unit 521 configured to receive a coordinate point input by the user, and use the coordinate point input by the user as the candidate location, where the coordinate point includes a geographic coordinate value input by the user or a point selected by the user on the map
  • the first terminal 50 may further include: a first receiving module 55 , configured to receive the location which is of the second terminal and sent by the second terminal or a server, and notify the first map module 51 of the location of the second terminal; and receive an acknowledgment message returned by the second terminal, where the acknowledgment message indicates that the second terminal accepts the candidate location, and does not modify the candidate location any more; and a navigation module 56 , configured to set the candidate location to a destination address to perform path navigation.
  • a first receiving module 55 configured to receive the location which is of the second terminal and sent by the second terminal or a server, and notify the first map module 51 of the location of the second terminal; and receive an acknowledgment message returned by the second terminal, where the acknowledgment message indicates that the second terminal accepts the candidate location, and does not modify the candidate location any more
  • a navigation module 56 configured to set the candidate location to a destination address to perform path navigation.
  • the first receiving module 55 is further configured to receive a modified candidate location returned by the second terminal.
  • the first map module 51 is further configured to display the modified candidate location on the map of the first terminal.
  • FIG. 6 provides a structural block diagram of the second terminal 60 as an example, and the second terminal 60 includes the following modules:
  • a second receiving module 61 configured to receive the candidate location sent by the first terminal
  • a second map module 62 configured to display, on the map of the second terminal, the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal in real time; and display, on the map of the second terminal, the candidate location or the modified candidate location;
  • a modifying module 63 configured to modify the candidate location, and notify the second map module 62 of the modified candidate location;
  • a second sending module 64 configured to send the modified candidate location to the first terminal, so that the modified candidate location is also displayed on the map of the first terminal.
  • the second terminal 60 may further include: a second call module 65 , configured to establish a telephone connection between the second terminal and the first terminal through a wireless communication network, and perform a voice call or a video call, where a voice call interface of the second terminal includes a button for activating the map of the second terminal; and a second activating module 66 , configured to, when a user of the second terminal clicks the button for activating the map of the second terminal, activate the map of the second terminal.
  • a second call module 65 configured to establish a telephone connection between the second terminal and the first terminal through a wireless communication network, and perform a voice call or a video call, where a voice call interface of the second terminal includes a button for activating the map of the second terminal
  • a second activating module 66 configured to, when a user of the second terminal clicks the button for activating the map of the second terminal, activate the map of the second terminal.
  • the second sending module 64 is further configured to: after the second terminal receives an instruction that the user agrees to share the location of the second terminal, directly send the location of the second terminal to the first terminal; or, after the second terminal receives an instruction that the user agrees to share the location of the second terminal, notify the server that the server should send the location of the second terminal to the first terminal.
  • the second map module 62 is further configured to: on the map of the second terminal, display a path from the location of the second terminal to the candidate location or the modified candidate location; or, on the map of the second terminal, display a path from the location of the second terminal to the candidate location or the modified candidate location, and a path from the location of the first terminal to the candidate location or the modified candidate location; or, on the map of the second terminal, display a path from the location of the second terminal to the location of the first terminal.
  • the second map module 62 is further configured to: on the map of the second terminal, display a path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal; and if the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal does not pass through the candidate location or the modified candidate location, adjust the path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal, so that the adjusted path between the location of the first terminal and the location of the second terminal passes through the candidate location or the modified candidate location.
  • the second receiving module 61 is further configured to receive an acknowledgment message returned by the first terminal, where the acknowledgment message indicates that the first terminal accepts the modified candidate location, and does not modify the modified candidate location any more.
  • the second terminal further includes: a navigation module 67 , configured to set the modified candidate location to a destination address to perform path navigation.
  • the second receiving module 61 is further configured to receive a candidate location that is further modified and returned by the first terminal; and the second map module 62 is further configured to display, on the map of the second terminal, the candidate location that is further modified.
  • the first terminal 50 and/or the second terminal 60 provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile phone, an electronic book, a navigator, a personal digital assistant (PDA, personal digital assistant), a PC (personal computer), a palm computer, a man-machine interactive terminal or another terminal device having a display function.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • PC personal computer
  • a man-machine interactive terminal or another terminal device having a display function.
  • the mobile phone when the first terminal 50 or the second terminal 60 is a mobile phone, the mobile phone may further include: a shell, a circuit board, a processor, a touch screen, a radio frequency circuit, a microphone, a loudspeaker, and a power source; the touch screen is mounted on the shell, the circuit board is mounted inside a space enclosed by the shell, the processor and the radio frequency circuit are disposed on the circuit board; the processor include all or part of the foregoing modules or units.
  • the processor is configured to perform processing on data input through the touch screen or an infrared proximity sensor, and/or output a result of the processed data through the touch screen.
  • the radio frequency circuit is configured to establish communication between the mobile phone and a wireless network, and implement data receiving and sending of the mobile phone and the wireless network.
  • the microphone is configured to capture a sound and convert the captured sound into sound data, so that the mobile phone sends the sound data to the wireless network through the radio frequency circuit.
  • the loudspeaker is configured to restore the sound data received by the mobile phone from the wireless network through the radio frequency circuit to the sound, and play the sound to the user.
  • the power source is configured to supply power to various circuits or components of the mobile phone.
  • various modules and units of the first terminal 50 and the second terminal 60 may also be disposed in a same terminal device, that is, a terminal device including all or part of the various modules and units included in the first terminal 50 and the second terminal 60 may exist.
  • the first terminal determines the candidate location, and notifies the second terminal of the candidate location, the first terminal and the second terminal display the location of the first terminal, the location of the second terminal and the candidate location synchronously on their respective maps, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal.
  • the modified candidate location can be synchronously displayed on the respective maps of the first terminal and the second terminal, thereby providing an intercommunication manner of synchronously displaying an editable location on multiple terminals, implementing sharing of an agreed candidate location between terminals, increasing communication efficiency between terminal users, and facilitating negotiation and determination of the terminal users for a meeting site.
  • first and second may be used to describe various elements or data
  • the elements or the data are not limited by the terms. The terms are only used for distinguishing the elements or the data.
  • first terminal may also be referred to as a second terminal
  • second terminal may also be referred to as a first terminal.
  • the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium.
  • the storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), or a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), and so on.
  • all or part of the procedures in the methods of the foregoing embodiments may also be executed by a processor in a terminal device, which is not further described here.
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